Reinvestigation on polarization and strain response of electrically poled lead titanate zirconate ceramics under low-to-medium electric field loading

• Published in: Materials research express Vol. 7; no. 12; pp. 126302 - 126308
• Main Authors: Dong, Wanjing, Hui, Tong, Zhengyi, Liu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Ceramics; defect dipoles; Deoxidizing; Dipoles; domain switching; Electric fields; Lead zirconate titanates; Polarization; Remnant polarization; remnant strain

The polarization and strain response of electrically poled lead zirconate titanate ceramics was reinvestigated under low-to-medium electric field loading. A phenomenon that is usually ignored was pointed out and discussed. That is, under low-to-medium cyclic electric field loading, remnant strains m...